At this workshop we will be making our own magnets inspired by the shapes and colours of the flowers, leaves and fruit growing in the tropical glasshouse range.
Ages 3 +
Children must be accompanied at all times.
Free child tickets for this event must be booked online. Ticket sales open one week before the event. Adults do not need to book to accompany however please note that adults will be required to pay for Garden entry on arrival.
Come along to this family session where we will be pressing leaves into air dry clay to make special dishes to take home and treasure.
Ages 3 +
Children must be accompanied at all times.
Free child tickets for this event must be booked online. Ticket sales open one week before the event. Adults do not need to book to accompany however please note that adults will be required to pay for Garden entry on arrival.
Spend some time looking at plants from the Botanic Garden collection and make a vibrant print to take home with you.
Ages 3 +
Children must be accompanied at all times.
Free child tickets for this event must be booked online. Ticket sales open one week before the event. Adults do not need to book to accompany however please note that adults will be required to pay for Garden entry on arrival.
The sessions are designed with early years development in mind. Artists draw upon their expertise as early years facilitators and use the Kettle’s Yard ethos and collection to create sessions where babies, toddlers and their carers can experience and learn together.
The activities help children explore the world around them, discover processes and play with new materials through creating new worlds, stories and adventures. Creation and communication are encouraged through making and there is a rich environment for play and enjoyment.
Want to find out more about winter wildlife in person? Visit the Museum on Saturday 2 December and explore the world of animals we see in our cities in the colder months with hands on activities, add your words to our wildlife poetry, discover how to have a more sustainable festive season and make a pledge for the planet.
We will have poetry workshop running all day (closing for an hour over lunch only). It will take place in our Discovery Room, in the lower gallery of the Museum.
Drop-in, no need to book
All ages
Come and find out more about some creepy, crawly creatures in our half term family activity sessions. Use microscopes to investigate insects, find out about beetles and scorpions and create your own model or drawing.
Come and find out more about some creepy, crawly creatures in our half term family activity sessions. Use microscopes to investigate insects, find out about beetles and scorpions and create your own model or drawing.
Join us in our Clore Learning Studio for free, practical art making workshops. Respond to the displays and exhibitions to make your own artworks. Get creative with artists and our learning volunteers, no previous art experience needed!
Activities are for all but most suitable for children between 3 and 11 years. We like to encourage parents/carers to create alongside their child.
If Studio Sunday is busy, you can still get creative by picking up some of our free art activities from the desk.
Explore how we respond to change in our environment through the arts with this drop-in family event taking place in the Museum of Zoology and the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Be inspired by the ceramics of Peru on display in the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, then create your own artworks with ceramics artist Louise Beale in the Museum of Zoology. With trails, object handling and more, there’s lots to discover.
This half term event is joint with the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, where there will be performances, stories and activities from 3pm
Discover an incredible world of sounds beneath our feet – conversations between whales in the oceans, the low throb of ship engines, bursts of vibrations excited by earthquakes. We normally cannot hear these vibrations as sounds, but working with scientists, sound artist David Stalling has made it possible.
Once you've heard the sounds of the earth in our 'Earth's Traces' installation, explore how sounds are made with our fun, hands-on activities. Jump to make your own earthquake, make giant waves with slinkies, and more.
